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Offline Baltimore Ed

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How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« on: January 14, 2018, 09:07:20 AM »
I don't know if this vitally important issue has been addressed so I thought that I'd start a new topic. In my rebuild of my reloading room I've added some more places to hang my hats so I thought that this might be interesting. Now all 12 of mine have a place to hang out.
     Just how many CAS and GAF hats do you have? Do you have any original collectables? As our interests evolve, our outfits/uniforms change and you've just gotta get another hat. Have you ever gotten a new hat because you've bought new leather, a gun or guns?
I've got 12 that I swap out, most are DI style, a British Zulu style pith helmet, my Indiana Jones fedora and a couple of nice cowboy hats. I'll post some photos later, my room faces east so the suns in the wrong place for decent photos.
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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2018, 10:57:06 AM »
14, predominately caps. Includes straws.


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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2018, 11:10:16 AM »
Ah, without going downstairs, I think I have 9.  Some are Palm for Summer, Three are some form of straw (two top hats) for Summer, the rest are different styles of felt of Western style.

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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2018, 06:00:04 PM »
A few from retired Tim Bender   :(   Tim is no longer making hats

1911 Campaign ,
1883 Campaign
And one of his Bell Crown all in Nutria Fur.  http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?topic=38974.0

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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2018, 09:20:14 AM »
Only 6, but 5 of them are copies of the hat Lee Van Cleef wore in "For A Few Dollars More". Loading the car one day on the way to a match, I laid my hat down inside the house.  Came back in two minutes later and the hat was gone ???. Discovered one of my Great Danes had decided to make it a early morning snack! He only had time to take one bite out of the brim. I was able to trim back the brim and salvage the hat. Gee, its been about 5 years since I bought a new hat--maybe its time.

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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2018, 10:54:31 AM »
Nine, plus two homburgs, two mountain man hats, and tam o' shanter, three good fedoras, a trilby, a Vietnam era "boonie hat", a real French beret, and a watch cap.

Oh yeah, and a cheap straw hat that I wear for working in the yard.

And three veteran's baseball caps
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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2018, 11:28:08 AM »
I know how you feel. My best friends boxer ate the brim off of my dad's original Yellow Cab cap. I still have his badge though.
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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2018, 11:26:56 PM »
5 at the moment.  My favorite from Dirty Billy's (in my pic), a D Bar J, 2 straws, and one wool felt.  This week I'm expecting a new "favorite".  A new D Bar J "shag" 100% rabbit, in the same shape as the one in my pic.  Supposed to ship tomorrow...

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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2018, 05:40:42 AM »
I'll add to my count ... helmets ... a M17 Brodie, an M15 Adrian and a M16 Stahlelm all from WW1
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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2018, 07:02:44 AM »
I have 4, all variations of the Gus crease! 2 brown 2 black ::)
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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2018, 08:23:14 AM »
Three "cowboy" hats, one mountain man hat and an original US army pith helmet.
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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2018, 08:34:07 AM »
14 counting cowboy, gambler, 3 kepis, coonskin, tricorn, etc. 

Then I have several ball caps 3 RCAF, 2 veterans, 1 MP and several miscellaneous ones.

Plus the helmet I was issued that I bought back for $12 when I retired from the military.
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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2018, 03:38:39 PM »
One more today: a 1941 black Resistol marked 5X and in a size 7 7/8.  I'll get it cleaned up and have it steamed back into shape and wear it.  Heavy, weighs about a half a ton.  I'll probably save it for winter.
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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2022, 09:57:44 PM »
Wow 1 union Kepi 1 Confederat Kepi, 1 IW kepi, 1 IW slouch hat 2 SAW Tan Hats (AKA Brown) 1 CW Union and Confederate Slouch hat, 1876 ish Shako 1 IW Infantry Helmet 1 White and 1 Khaki (coffee dyed ) Pith Helmut similar to ones worn in Zulu and a Wild Bunch Campaign hat.  Forgot the CW Union Hardee Hat 6th Infantry. That is just the GAF stuff add a Fist Full of Dollars Felt a couple straw hats.  Dont even think about asking about Foot wear Imelda had not a clue

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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2022, 07:40:39 AM »
Revisited old post, and I should update my post of 4 years ago...

A few from retired Tim Bender   :(   Tim is no longer making hats

1911 Campaign ,
1883 Campaign .... In the Museum in the SpanAm Exhibit
And one of his Bell Crown all in Nutria Fur.  (sold)

A 10X Rodeo King  ( reshaped )
Akubra  Western Territory Hat 100% Rabbit fur.
Irish Eight Piece Cap
 Scottish Buchanan Clan Tartan Pom
and a Cracker straw sombrero
(On exhibit in the museum -Texas Revolution )

An 1812 Dragoon Helmet (On exhibit in the museum )

I added a vintage Boss of the Plains circa 1920's (On exhibit in the museum -Texas Revolution )



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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2022, 08:42:42 AM »
Well gee whiz guys. Now ya'll are making feel just a bit inadequate. I have only 3 hats, and 2 of those are not really correct, but nobody really cares.

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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2022, 09:19:52 AM »
Guess I missed this the first time around.  9 CAS hats:  2 Palm, 5 black, 2 light colored.  Looking for another light colored hat now, preferably something similar to the Boss of the Plains that Major 2 just showed.

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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2022, 04:19:04 PM »
1 wild Bunch "Smokey Bear" Campaign Hat.
1 1883 Campaign Hat 1st USVC
1 Waddell style Hart from LL Bean that can go either military or civilian
1 Black Cavalry hat
1 Cream Colored John Wayne Stetson that can go military or Civilian
1 black flat topped vaquero har
1 straw cowboy hat for hot Texas summers.
 on Order a Berdan's Sharpshooter Kepi to wear shooting my  Sharps rifle in Cody Dixon matches.

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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2022, 11:37:04 PM »
A lunch of western hat (to many to remember without going to the closet), a bowler, a boater, a pith helmet and smokey bear (wild bunch), rabbit fur "mad bomber" (for winter shoots) and probably some I forgot.

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Re: How many CAS or GAF hats do you have hanging on your walls?
« Reply #19 on: April 22, 2022, 03:25:49 PM »
I picked up two more a few weeks ago at Comancheria Days as a member who can't shoot any more was selling out.  Both are Beaver Brand, one says 3x and the other says Texas Jacks.  Both have a some moth damage, but I only paid $15 each.  The gray hat had no band at all, so I added a band I picked up for $10 although I will probably switch it to some old cavalry cords I have.  I reshaped that one with a flipped up front to replace my old Eddy Brothers hat, which has had the leather lining totally rotted away and covered with masking tape on the inside.  I wore the gray to a match last week.

 

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